You'll Never Guess Which Two "Ned's Declassified" Actors Ended Up on "Pretty Little Liars"

When Paige McCullers first appeared on Pretty Little Liars, you might have thought she looked super familiar. That's because you watched her when you were a kid! The actress who plays Paige, Lindsey Shaw, also played Jennifer Ann "Moze" Mosely, Ned's best friend on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. But did you know there's a second connection between Ned's Declassified and PLL?

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It turns out that both shows share another actor — one that takes an eagle eye and an ability to overlook a ridiculous wig to figure out. As MTV News points out, actor Nolan North first popped up on Ned's Declassified as a German art dealer with bright white hair and a strong accent. IMDb calls the character Simone Moma, but the Nickelodeon Wiki refers to him as Nigel Hattorff. Either way, the episode where he falls in love with Cookie's plastic sculptures isn't the last we saw of him.

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Later, he turns out to be Ned's art teacher. He offers all sorts of hilarious (but useless) advice, like this little gem:

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Look closely. Can you figure out who Nolan/Simone/Nigel plays on PLL? Hint: the actor does a 180 and plays someone TOTALLY unlike a zany art enthusiast.

It's Peter Hastings — Spencer's dad! You have to give him a hand for his versatile acting skills — now we know he can do the whole free-spirited artist thing and the uptight, grumpy lawyer routine.

If we could whisper suggestions into PLL showrunner I. Marlene King's ear, we'd tell her to make Peter diguise his voice with an epic German accent. We know he has it in him!

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